EDN

Achieve higher accuracy using mixed-signal FPGA calibration

Today's intelligent system management designs in typical telecommunications or industrial control applications need to constantly monitor several voltage rails and take appropriate action when a ...
EDN

Evolving passive optical networks (PONs) demand FPGA design flexibility

FPGA technology, low cost optics, and a passive architecture have made significant contributions to passive optical networks (PONs) and to the evolution of these networks. System OEMs continue to ...
Hackaday

Learning Verilog For FPGAs: Hardware At Last!

Getting into FPGA design isn’t a monolithic experience. You have to figure out a toolchain, learn how to think in hardware during the design, and translate that into working Verliog. The end goal is ...
Electronic Design

Q&A: Using FPGA Prototypes for Software Development

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Tom De Schutter, Director of Product Marketing, Physical Prototyping, Synopsys Inc. FPGA-based prototyping allows for ...
Hackaday

Using An FPGA To Generate Ambient Color From Video

We should all be familiar with TV ambient lighting systems such as Philips’ Ambilight, a ring of LED lights around the periphery of a TV that extend the colors at the edge of the screen to the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Challenges In Using HLS For FPGA Design

High-level synthesis (HLS) tools, which transform C/C++ source code to Verilog/VHDL, have been commercially available for over 15 years. HLS tools from FPGA vendors and EDA companies promise improved ...
Electronic Design

Reap the Processing Power of FPGA-Integrated SDRs

How FPGAs allow for the implementation of a reconfigurable SDR that’s scalable and can adapt to an unlimited number of transmission standards and techniques. How FPGAs are programmed. Important ...